Local obituaries for J.T. Morriss & Son Funeral Home
Laura Miller Leatherwood
Apr 11, 2024
Laura Belle Miller Leatherwood, 93, lovingly referred to as Mama and Me Maw, passed away surrounded by family on April 11, 2024, in Claremont, VA. She was born on December 24, 1930, in Hopewell, VA. She had a fulfilling career as LuLu the Bus Driver for several years, she was a teacher's assistant under Ms. Vanatta at Claremont Academy and...
Bonnie Griffith
Apr 11, 2024
Bonnie Sue Griffith, 79, of Hopewell, Virginia, passed away in the early hours of April 11, 2024, at Southside Regional Hospital. She was born in Radford, Virginia to the late Frank Leeroy and Alice Christine Maddy. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Barbara Coleman; and her brother, John "Butch" Maddy. Affectionately called "Sue" by her family and...
Bruce Robert Malcolmson
Apr 10, 2024
Bruce Robert Malcolmson, 81, of Chesterfield, VA, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Born in Harrisonburg, VA, and raised in Danville, PA, he was the son of the late Robert "Bob" Stuart Malcolmson and Virginia R. Malcolmson; and was also preceded in death by a brother, Roger K. Malcolmson. Bruce was a graduate of Danville High School and had...
Excie Carter
Apr 10, 2024
Excie B. Carter, 93, passed away in the early hours before dawn, on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, at her home at Lucy Corr Village, Chesterfield, VA. A long-time resident of Dinwiddie County, she was born in Pittsylvania County, VA, the daughter of the late Leonard A Barbour and Josephine (Polly) Martin Barbour. She was also preceded in death by her...
Minnie Bell Gutridge
Apr 9, 2024
Minnie Bell Gutridge, 94, died on April 9, 2024. She was born in Hopewell, VA, to the late Emmet and Mabel Fowler. She was also preceded in death by her loving husband of over 50 years, Jack Gutridge; her daughter, Beth Goode; and her brother, Emmet Fowler. She was a devoted member of West End Presbyterian for the past 50...
Barbara Braiden Moore
Apr 9, 2024
Barbara Braiden Moore, 89, of Petersburg, VA, passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. She was the daughter of the late Amelia Ann Henning. She was preceded in death by her husband of 34 years, Dr. Kermit Jackson Moore. She is survived by 3 children and 4 grandchildren. Barbara was a graduate of Petersburg High School, and then went on...
Ronald Glenn Poythress
Apr 9, 2024
Ronald Glenn Poythress, 63, of Chesterfield, VA, died April 9, 2024. Born in Henderson, NC, and resided in Chesterfield Co, VA. He was the son of William Hull Poythress and Nellie Cooper Poythress (Evans), and devoted many hours volunteering in his community and serving his country. Mr. Poythress served in the US Army Reserves, and volunteered at several rescue squads,...
Joyce Ann Stringer Koppe
Apr 9, 2024
Joyce Ann Stringer Koppe, passed away peacefully on April 9, 2024, with her husband, children, and grandchildren by her side. Joyce grew up in Great Falls, Virginia, and went to Langley High School. She was preceded in death by her parents, Willard and Lillian Stringer; and her sister, Evelyn Stringer Jenkins. Joyce is survived by her husband, Mike, of 39...
Shirley Ozmore Harrison
Apr 9, 2024
Shirley Ozmore Harrison, 85, of Dinwiddie passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Born in Dinwiddie, VA she was the daughter of the late Spencer Calvin and Dorothy Link Ozmore; and was also preceded in death by a brother, Jeff Ozmore. Mrs. Harrison was a dedicated member of Western Heights Baptist Church. She and her husband, Dewey, were the owners...
Judith Cable Funk
Apr 7, 2024
Judith C. Funk died on April 7, 2024. Judy was preceded in death by her parents, William and Louise Cable; her husband, William Henry Funk, III; and her son, William Henry Funk IV. At the time of death, Judy had been a long time resident of St. Mary's Woods in Richmond, where she made many friends and kept busy as...
Jean Lawhorne Brown
Apr 7, 2024
Jean Lawhorne Brown, 81, of Charlottesville, passed away on Sunday, April 7, 2024. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Gilbert Kenneth Brown. Jean is survived by her daughter, Amy Brown Baer (Herbert "Jay" Baer); granddaughter, Angelina Lauren Baer; and brother, William "Billy" Caldwell (Rhona). No services will be held at this time. In lieu of...
John Kimbly Faison
Apr 6, 2024
John Kimbly Faison, 70, passed away on Saturday, April 6th 2024 surrounded by close loved ones. He was born in Richmond to Mary Britt Faison and George Samuel Faison on April 29, 1953. He was preceded in death by both of his parents and brother Scott C. Eperson. He is survived by his brothers George Faison jr, Ronald Faison and...
Gertrude Williams England
Apr 6, 2024
Gertrude "Trudy" Williams England, 84, of Prince George, VA, passed away April 6, 2024. Born and raised in Hopewell, VA, she was the daughter of the late Orrin and Catherine Williams. She was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Arnold "Arnie" England. She is survived by her daughters, Sheila England of Hopewell; Christy Stables (Eddie) of Disputanta;...
Marvin Christopher Neal, Jr.
Apr 6, 2024
Marvin C. "Bubba" Neal, Jr. passed away quietly on April 6, 2024, surrounded by his loving family. He was preceded in death by his parents, Marvin C. Neal, Sr. and Myrtle Latham Neal. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Shelby Bolling Neal; sister, Barbara Neal Swindell; brother, Thomas Gray Neal (Margaret); and son, R. Christopher Neal (Sharon);...
Ruth Powers Gammon Baldwin
Apr 5, 2024
Ruth Evelyn Powers Gammon Baldwin, age 79, passed away on Friday, April 5, 2024, in her Chester, Virginia home, surrounded by her children, family, and close friends. Born to George Elmore Powers I and Mary Maxine Davis Powers, on March 5, 1945. The temperature was the same as the year, a crisp forty-five degrees, but by the following day it...
Ada Williams Hayes
Apr 5, 2024
Ada Virginia (A.V.) Hayes, 96, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 5, 2024, at Petersburg Home for Ladies. She was born August 3, 1927, in Prince George County, the daughter of James and Pearl Hall Williams. She was preceded in death by her loving husband of 72 years, Clarence B. Hayes; and her seven siblings, Willie, Everett, Hugh, Hargrave, Aubrey,...
Betty Ann Sculthorpe
Apr 4, 2024
We kids knew this day would come eventually. The day when Momma packed up all her charge cards, put on some of her favorite glitzy clothes, put some "air" in her hair, some "paint" on her face, and some "bling" on her chest, and headed out in search of some new stores to shop in. She definitely embraced the challenge...
Loris Davis Sherman
Apr 4, 2024
Loris Davis Sherman, 92, of Chester, VA, passed away April 4, 2024. She was the daughter of the late Howard E. Davis and Portia Simpson Davis; she was also preceded in death by her loving husband, Bernard H. Sherman; and her son, Howard Sherman. She is survived by her daughter, Christy Whitehead and husband, Wayne; daughter, Lorraine Daniel and husband,...
Sandra Lea Cobb
Apr 3, 2024
Sandra L. Cobb (Sandy), of Chesterfield, VA, passed away on April 3, 2024. She was born to the late Thomas and Esther Goswick; and was also preceded in death by her loving husband of 38 years, George W. Cobb. Sandy was born and raised in Mechanicsville, VA, she was a loving mother and grandmother, who worked for the state of...
Barbara Wallace Jeffries
Apr 2, 2024
Barbara Wallace Jeffries, 81, died peacefully at home on April 2, 2024, from complications due to cancer. Barbara was predeceased by her parents, Robert and Dorothy Wallace. She is survived by two brothers, David Wallace (Christine), of Atlanta and Robert Wallace, of Houston; husband of 59 years, Bill Jeffries; son, Matthew Jeffries (Christina); daughters, Catherine Showalter (Hugh), of Richmond and...
